As part of its FAO Fisheries Circular series, FAO has just published "Genetically modified organisms and aquaculture" by J.A. Beardmore and J.S. Porte. This 35-page document reviews the nature of GMOs, the range of aquatic species in which GMOs have been produced, the methods and target genes employed, the benefits to aquaculture, the problems attached to use of GMOs and the regulatory and other social frameworks surrounding them, and concludes with a set of recommendations aimed at best practice. See http://www.fao.org/docrep/006/y4955e/y4955e00.htmor contact FAO for more information.

05/12/2003